"So many events, so little time"

Contact Dave Grenier for additions or changes to the calendar
Last Update: 05/23/12

Upcoming Events

	May 25, 2012 - 8:00 to 10:00 pm, Model Train Show, Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society, in Larkey Park, 2751 Buena Vista Ave, Walnut Creek, CA.  MAP
	June 2, 2012 - 9:30 am to 5:00 pm, Daylight Division Spring Meet. Glenn Sutherland's,  Mariposa. Clinics, Model and Photo Contests, White Elephant Auction, Door Prizes, BBQ Lunch, Layout Tours. See the Daylight website for more details and to RSVP.
	June 10, 2012 - 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Coast Division Meet, 1001 Davis Street, San Leandro, CA (at SF Bay Area Council Office of Boy Scouts of America) Driving: Exit Davis Street from 880, 0.6 mi east to 1001 Davis on right. BART: Exit San Leandro Station, walk 0.3 mi west on Davis St to SW corner of Davis at Orchard Ave, across from Thrasher Park. MAP Enjoy free clinics, model, photo & switching contests & displays. Free door prizes. Buy raffle tickets for modeling prizes, enjoy silent and live auctions of model railroading stuff. FLYER Contest Theme Categories: - Model: Structures, Display/Diorama, Self-Propelled Cars/Traction - Photos: Diesel Locomotives
	June 16-17, 2012 - Coast Division Layout Tours, Southern Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties. More than 25 layouts, from N to G scale and everything in between, will be open for self-guided layout tours during the weekend. Click here for a list and description of the layouts that will be open.
	June 23, 2012 - 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, BAPM 2012 - San Francisco Bay Area Prototype Modelers Meet, St. David's School Hall, 871 Sonoma St, Richmond, CA 94805.  MAP /  FLYER For more information, please visit our website. Admission: $10.00
	June 23, 2012 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Eggliner Day, Illiana, Garden Railway Society's Train Garden, 295 N. State Rd, Valparaiso, Indiana. Eggs-actly on June 23, 2012 there will be a plethora of G- Scale model Eggliners zipping up and down and all around the right-of-ways on the IGRS Bull MooseTrain Garden in Valparaiso, Indiana. It's a summertime Eggs-perance for everyone, and everyone is invited to participate in the fun. Bring your Eggliner, along with all of your family and all of your friends to this Egg-citing Egg-scramble. There will be some special incognito Eggliners in Eggs-otic costume running too. And you'll be able to vote on your favorite Egg-sample during this Eggs-travaganza. So mark your calendar for an Eggs-tra special day. Eggliner Day, Saturday is June 23rd, 2012. Beginning at 10:00 AM, Eggliners will running non-stop until 4:00 PM on the Illiana Garden Railway Society's Train Garden at 295 N. State Rd. in Valparaiso, Indiana. Admission is Free For more Eggs-plicit information call 219-462-6105 or visit www.illianaroad.com
	June 29, 2012 - 8:00 to 10:00 pm, Model Train Show, Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society, in Larkey Park, 2751 Buena Vista Ave, Walnut Creek, CA.  MAP
	July 27, 2012 - 8:00 to 10:00 pm, Model Train Show, Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society, in Larkey Park, 2751 Buena Vista Ave, Walnut Creek, CA.  MAP
	July 29 - August 4, 2012 - Grand Rails 2012, NMRA National Convention and National Train Show, Grand Rapids, MI.
	August  TBA, 2012 - 10:00 am to 5:00 pm (Sun. to 4:00 pm) - Summer Model Train Show, Tehachapi Loop Railroad Club, West Park, 491 West "D" Street, Tehachapi, CA. MAP Come see operating train layouts in large scale, Lionel O gauge, N and HO modules. FREE!
	August 18, 2012 - 10:00 am, Redwood Empire Division Summer Meet & Picnic, Ron & Pam Kaiser's Westside Farm, Healdsburg, CA.
	August 31, 2012 - 8:00 to 10:00 pm, Model Train Show, Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society, in Larkey Park, 2751 Buena Vista Ave, Walnut Creek, CA.  MAP
	September 5 - 9, 2012 - Ventura 2012, Pacific Southwest Region Convention, Courtyard by Marriott, 600 East Esplanade Drive, Oxnard, CA.
	September 12 - 15, 2012 - Seattle 2012, 32nd National Narrow Gauge Convention, Meydenbauer Center, 11100 NE 6th St, Bellevue, WA 98004.
	September 15 & 16, 2012 - 11:00 am to 6:00 pm, Model Train Show, Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society, in Larkey Park, 2751 Buena Vista Ave, Walnut Creek, CA.  MAP
	September 15 & 16, 2012 - 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, The Great Train Expo, Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, 344 Tully Rd, San Jose, CA. MAP Adults: $7.00 Kids under 12: Free!
	September 21 - 23, 2013 - 4th Annual Redwood Empire Train Show, Sonoma County Fairgrounds (Hall of Flowers Bldg), Santa Rosa, CA.
	September 22, 2012 - 9:30 am to 5:00 pm, Daylight Division Summer Meet, Kelcy's Restaurant, 110 W. Tehachapi Blvd, Tehachapi, CA. Clinics, Model and Photo Contests, White Elephant Auction, Door Prizes, Layout Tours.
	September 28, 2012 - 8:00 to 10:00 pm, Model Train Show, Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society, in Larkey Park, 2751 Buena Vista Ave, Walnut Creek, CA.  MAP
	October 11 to 14, 2012 - 2012 Annual Conference, Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society, Ventura Beach Marriott, Ventura, CA.
	October 26, 2012 - 8:00 to 10:00 pm, Model Train Show, Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society, in Larkey Park, 2751 Buena Vista Ave, Walnut Creek, CA.  MAP
	October 27 & 28, 2012 - 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Annual Fall Show, Black Diamond Lines Model Railroad Club, 425 Fulton Shipyard Rd, Antioch, CA. Flyer (Spring flyer)
	November 3 & 4, 2012 - 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Annual Fall Show, Black Diamond Lines Model Railroad Club, 425 Fulton Shipyard Rd, Antioch, CA. Flyer (Spring flyer)
	November 10 - 11, 2012 - Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, 36th Annual International Railfair, Placer County Fairgrounds, 800 All American City Blvd, Roseville, CA. MAP Co-sponsored by PCR Sierra Division.
	November TBA, 2012 - 9:30 am to 5:00 pm, Daylight Division Fall Meet, Santa Barbara area. Clinics, Model and Photo Contests, White Elephant Auction, Door Prizes, Layout Tours.
	November 16 - 18, 2012 - Friday: 8:00 to 10:00 pm, Saturday & Sunday: 11:00 am to 6:00 pm,  Holiday Train Show, Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society, in Larkey Park, 2751 Buena Vista Ave, Walnut Creek, CA.  MAP
	November 23 - 25, 2012 - Friday: 2:00 to 10:00 pm, Saturday & Sunday: 11:00 am to 6:00 pm,  Holiday Train Show, Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society, in Larkey Park, 2751 Buena Vista Ave, Walnut Creek, CA.  MAP
	November 30, 2012 - 8:00 to 10:00 pm, Model Train Show, Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society, in Larkey Park, 2751 Buena Vista Ave, Walnut Creek, CA.  MAP
	December 25, 2012 -
	December 28, 2012 - 8:00 to 10:00 pm, Model Train Show, Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society, in Larkey Park, 2751 Buena Vista Ave, Walnut Creek, CA.  MAP
2013 and BEYOND EVENTS
	March 8 to 10, 2013 - Kern County Layout Tour, Model Railroads of Southern California Yahoo Group, in conjunction with GEHAMS Train Show. Also a railroad museum and Tehachapi Loop.
	March 9 & 10, 2013 - Sat: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm; Sun: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Golden Empire Historical & Modeling Society's Annual Model Train Show, Horace Massey Building, Kern County Fairgrounds, 1142 S. P Street, Bakersfield, CA. MAP Admission is $7.00 for adults, kids 12 and under admitted free, when accompanied by a paying adult. Admission is good for both days. Approximately 100 vendor tables with model train supplies for sale and thousands of square feet of operating model trains on display. Train rides for railfans of all ages ($2.00 additional charge) Contact info: (661) 331-6695; email: carldw@aol.com
	April 3 - 7, 2013 - Iron Horse Express 2013 PCR Convention, Holiday Inn Dublin, Dublin, CA
	June 6 - 9, 2013 - Rails Along the Rio Grande 2013, Rocky Mountain Region Convention, Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid North, Albuquerque, NM. Info: Al Hovey, RARG 2013 Chairman, alhovey@comcast.net
	July 14 - 20, 2013 - Peachtree Express 2013 NMRA National Convention and National Train Show, Cobb Galleria Centre, Atlanta, GA
	August 28 - 31, 2013 - 33rd National Narrow Gauge Convention, Hilton Hotel, Pasadena, CA
	July 13 - 20, 2014 - NMRA 2014 National Convention and National Train Show, Cleveland, OH
	September 3 -6, 2014 - 34th National Narrow Gauge Convention, Kansas City, MO
	2015 - 35th National Narrow Gauge Convention, Houston, TX
	July 2015 - NMRA 2015 National Convention and National Train Show, Portland, OR
	2016 - 36th National Narrow Gauge Convention, Augusta, ME

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Future NMRA Conventions - for Long Range Planning

2012 - July 29 - August 4, Grand Rapids, MI

2013 - July 14 - 20, Atlanta, GA

2014 - July 13 - 20, Cleveland, OH

2015 - July, Portland, OR

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